Abu al-Baraa

Abu al-Baraa is the Judge of the Sharia Court of Raqqa under the Islamic State.

Biography
Abu al-Baraa was made the Judge of the Sharia Court of Raqqa after the Islamic State took power in Syria in August 2014. He dealt with complaints filed by the people of the city in the Sharia center in a former church, where he was given the task of dealing with the jobs. Under his tenure, armed men called hizba roamed the streets to ensure that people followed the strict Islamic laws; the guards made sure that prices were fair at stores, the food was according to Islamic tradition, the women and men were dressed modestly, that nobody was doing drugs, catching thieves, and enforcing public order. Thieves would be amputated and drug-users would be killed. Al-Baraa was the arbitrator of the city under Caliph Ibrahim I of the Islamic State.